[Open-education] Open Textbook: 100+ Activities for Motivating and Retaining Learners Online

Wed Dec 31 01:26:59 UTC 2014

A late Holiday gift from friends Curt Bonk & Elaine Khoo: http://tec
-variety.com  <http://tec-variety.com> (BY NC SA
<https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/>)

Happy New Year all!

Cable

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>From Curt:

>
>
>
> *Greetings!   *
>
> When my book, "*The World Is Open: How Web Technology Is Revolutionizing
> Education
> <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OBIBtOWFEto0o9sfi59f05GuTv853yiTdu6KR9rRaJGCTksTSG0VAW0SlKN8mloye_USrOVTUhE42vO9QHUA5-RFHLAIk5zsWLtnrKuyRkJWpzL2yAXV7kMVBnmVBGrRN3lcc4ATSXo-ueiSFVWHkMMW1WCNANqojiiKqiCAwAc=&c=u-eS8BPs38pO1Xie4KGj1ZgTrMDEhSKpAfSr_02XXu6_otLW35HxGA==&ch=8SCcCz6ZdlbPp3iKrGLDEMtGpje9gazItMX57fg-XqnyJ3t82M714g==>*"
> first appeared in the summer of 2009, people asked me two insightful
> questions: *#1.* If this truly is an open educational world, then why
> isn't the book free?, and *#2*. What can educators actually do in this
> more free and open world? A couple years later, when Massive Open Online
> Courses or "MOOCs" first arrived on the scene, people around the globe were
> asking me a third question; namely, *#3.* how to increase MOOC retention
> rates. They read MOOC related articles in the New York Times, the Guardian,
> BBC News, CNN International, the Korea Times, and all of the other hype
> about the global transformation of higher education. But they also knew
> that there were a host of problems surrounding MOOCs.
>

> It took more than five years, but I finally have responded to all three
> questions. Where? How? And when, you ask? Well, my latest book, "*Adding
> Some TEC-VARIETY: 100+ Activities for Motivating and Retaining Learners
> Online*," provides a framework of 10 proven psychological principles of
> motivation (see visual below) and more than 100 activities for addressing
> the vast learner motivation and retention problems we all witness today. In
> responding to all those who joked with me that my next book should be free,
> this book, written with Elaine Khoo from the University of Waikato in New
> Zealand, not only is *FREE* as an *e-book
> <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OBIBtOWFEto0o9sfi59f05GuTv853yiTdu6KR9rRaJGCTksTSG0VAW0SlKN8mloykRP1mGdIzGTfeyMCZimMsxByW-L1LTOV7vT_8IrLkyMhYMy9XqgmRrng_gpSJBgp_noNWV3GmogEaVUqmuWs1di5huwB_y6HRunEb3UwXVY=&c=u-eS8BPs38pO1Xie4KGj1ZgTrMDEhSKpAfSr_02XXu6_otLW35HxGA==&ch=8SCcCz6ZdlbPp3iKrGLDEMtGpje9gazItMX57fg-XqnyJ3t82M714g==>* (all
> 367 pages), but you can download each *chapter
> <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OBIBtOWFEto0o9sfi59f05GuTv853yiTdu6KR9rRaJGCTksTSG0VAW0SlKN8mloyhyMpOIu31C8ioYZWbc_C5_TydQCkg1VApx-xHAi9nFROSpAjO6J1_1yYRhCYFI1-ACkQHnAzvK4tdRCb71JAMe8mqKb_21-HTI23HhXuBtwDxk7Xm07Rs7SobXZYkyrm&c=u-eS8BPs38pO1Xie4KGj1ZgTrMDEhSKpAfSr_02XXu6_otLW35HxGA==&ch=8SCcCz6ZdlbPp3iKrGLDEMtGpje9gazItMX57fg-XqnyJ3t82M714g==>* separately
> for free as well. Since the book release in May, over 25,000 people have
> already downloaded the entire book and thousands more have selected
> individual chapters. Chapters on curiosity, tone/climate, and relevance are
> among the most popular ones.
>
> You too can download it all right now and share it with others. In
> addition, a Chinese version of the free e-book will be available soon. This
> free and open access book is my way of expressing my thanks for the
> opportunity to live in this vast and exciting open educational world.
>
>
> 
>
> More specifics about the book can be found in a recent blog post
> <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OBIBtOWFEto0o9sfi59f05GuTv853yiTdu6KR9rRaJGCTksTSG0VAW0SlKN8mloyV-FL4oa7hYNBnYY0wfiAy9pfrZ-Kswz9ttLLe9bfMwZPqYGD2T-A9Dj_mVQAWun8lMZKDj45kdvtzsqW4asmVPLudTy-Rpc3mMg8sfkduC8JJv66SnhZg_DAo_9LqKTUmYuE1j8XhNeu_4prnIR50mN26bnfxbMKbWcjhP_XTm8ElZNlZpgI4Al1QfFVHS8s2OJ3QZ7jwJ8=&c=u-eS8BPs38pO1Xie4KGj1ZgTrMDEhSKpAfSr_02XXu6_otLW35HxGA==&ch=8SCcCz6ZdlbPp3iKrGLDEMtGpje9gazItMX57fg-XqnyJ3t82M714g==> of
> mine as well as at the book homepage
> <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OBIBtOWFEto0o9sfi59f05GuTv853yiTdu6KR9rRaJGCTksTSG0VAW0SlKN8mloykRP1mGdIzGTfeyMCZimMsxByW-L1LTOV7vT_8IrLkyMhYMy9XqgmRrng_gpSJBgp_noNWV3GmogEaVUqmuWs1di5huwB_y6HRunEb3UwXVY=&c=u-eS8BPs38pO1Xie4KGj1ZgTrMDEhSKpAfSr_02XXu6_otLW35HxGA==&ch=8SCcCz6ZdlbPp3iKrGLDEMtGpje9gazItMX57fg-XqnyJ3t82M714g==>
> .
>

> This book is an experiment for me both in self-publishing as well as
> pushing the edges of the open educational world. I hope you enjoy my new
> free book and share it with others. Oh, by the way, my son Alex
> <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OBIBtOWFEto0o9sfi59f05GuTv853yiTdu6KR9rRaJGCTksTSG0VAW0SlKN8mloy-fViaWGpKNT5R3jAu1B7lshnsqok_umnR_Yosp_hXKC3vzGRRgpyHuw23qsuiW8o84wNkr364VBgmsWAMmeRMhZJWrTNA0Gk9TWdiXaUkzI=&c=u-eS8BPs38pO1Xie4KGj1ZgTrMDEhSKpAfSr_02XXu6_otLW35HxGA==&ch=8SCcCz6ZdlbPp3iKrGLDEMtGpje9gazItMX57fg-XqnyJ3t82M714g==> designed
> the cover. I hope you like it.
>
> Best wishes.
>
>
>
> Curt Bonk, Ph.D. (in educational psychology), CPA
>
> Professor, Instructional Systems Technology Department; Adjunct, School of
> Informatics
>
> Indiana University
>
> President, CourseShare, LLC
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>
>
>

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